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Similarities between the human body and nature 🧵

1. Lungs and tree branches Image
2. A tree stump and a human fingerprint Image
3. The way the veins of the leaf align on the creases of the hand Image
4. Blood vessels of a human heart and the river network of the Amazon Image
5. Walnuts and the human brain

The folds and wrinkles of a walnut inevitably evoke the appearance of the brain, even mirroring its left and right hemispheres.

Walnuts are often nicknamed "brain food" because they're rich in omega-3 fatty acids, essential for brain function. Image
6. The human placenta resembles a tree

Most of the placental tissue consists of blood vessels, which connect to the baby via the umbilical cord and branch through the placenta like tree limbs.

Many cultures honor the placenta as a symbol of life by burying it under a tree. Image
7. A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye

Carrots contain beta-carotene, which the body converts to vitamin A, essential for eye health. It can prevent the formation of cataracts and macular degeneration, the world's leading cause of blindness. Image
8. Lips and a leaf

Photo by Monica Carvalho Image
9. Hair and grass

Photo by Alicja Brodowicz Image
10. A finger and a tree stump

Photo by Agnieszka Lepka Image
11. Eyes and tree roots Image
12. Hair and a leaf

Photo by Alicja Brodowicz Photo by Alicja Brodowicz.
13. Lightning and a human eye

Photo by Agnieszka Lepka Image
14. Tree roots and veins

Photo by Alicja Brodowicz Photo by Alicja Brodowicz
15. A leaf and human skin Image
16. Skin and a cactus Image
17. The skin of an elderly person and the bark of a tree

Photo by Agnieszka Lepka Image
18. The veins of a wrist and the veins of this white rose Image
19. Moles on the skin and stars in the sky

Photo by Agnieszka Lepka Image
20. Eye veins and cracks on dry ground

Photo by Agnieszka Lepka Image
Leonardo da Vinci viewed the human body as a scale model of Earth and saw his anatomical drawings and Vitruvian Man as a "cosmografia del minor mondo" ("cosmography of the microcosm").

He compared the human skeleton to rocks and lung expansion to the ebb and flow of the oceans. Image
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